Carbon Scales: Collective Sense-making of Carbon Emissions from Food Production through Physical Data Representation

Martin Lindrup, Arjun Rajendran Menon, Aksel Biøren-Hansen

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Abstract

The climate impact of our food consumption is a key issue to sustainability. Yet understanding the food system and the impact it has can be difficult given its abstract nature. In this paper, we report on a Research through Design project aimed at designing and evaluating a data physicalization for supporting collective sense-making of the climate impact of food. Throughout the design process, we have explored the materiality of CO2 emissions and ways to design with less resource use. The resulting data physicalization, Carbon Scales, was evaluated in a three-week field study with 27 participants. Our findings show that collective sense-making can be enabled through interactive data physicalizations and that this can lead to carbon literacy. We expand on a) sustainability through design by arguing for the value of artifacts that let people stay in the interaction as this can support collective sense-making and b) sustainability in design by showcasing the value of designing with an interaction-first and materials-second mindset.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelDIS 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Antal sider16
UdgivelsesstedPittsburgh, PÅ, USA
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publikationsdato10 jul. 2023
Sider1515-1530
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-1-4503-9893-0
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 10 jul. 2023
Begivenhed18th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2023 - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Varighed: 10 jul. 202314 jul. 2023

Konference

Konference18th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2023
LokationCarnegie Mellon University
Land/OmrådeUSA
ByPittsburgh
Periode10/07/202314/07/2023

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